There is one rumor out there and I'm sure all of us have heard it, whenever it's mention we feel a small pang of fear in the back of our minds the PJ could consider something like this he's done it before: Arwen at Helm's Deep, Aragorn VS Sauron at The Black Gate. I'm not mentioning the changes we got cause those are minor things well except maybe Sam leaving Frodo. But anyway the rumor I'm talking about is:

"Sauron as The Necromancer will revive Smaug and he will participate in the Battle Of Five Armies. and when The Necromancer is defeated he flees to Mordor where he assumes the form of Smaug's eye which later is referred to as The Eye Of Sauron"

I'm sure if Peter Jackson actually did this everyone that Hates the changes he's made to the story so far will look back on AUJ and DOS as masterpieces lol. So do you think he ever considered something like this? was it Del Toro's idea? I'm actually looking forward to the upcoming Extended Edition to hear what ideas they had that they scrapped we got other rumors of course some aren't that bad but other people blow them out of proportion

Zombie Azog (iffy) Kili/Tauriel romance (what shall we call them Tili? Kauriel?) Zombie Thrain (isn't everything better with zombies these days?) Dain sporting a mohawk riding a giant pig (not that bad since we've already had a giant moose and giant rabbits) Radagast Dies KIli dies while protecting Tauriel who also dies (still a better love story then Twilight) It was all a dream all along ( not really but since we're going for it let's go for it)

so what do you think? is Zombie Smaug is the most ridiculous rumor of them all?

....even if it was largely tongue-in-cheek around these parts, there were corners of the interwebs were people were seriously alarmed by it.

IMO the Kili/Tauriel "romance" is likely to fall under the same category - like, Kili will swoon over Tauriel for 10 seconds or something and that'll be that. My Top 5 Wish List for "The Hobbit"5. Legolas will surf down Smaug's neck 4. Bilbo will be revealed to a Robot 3. Naked PJ cameo as Ghan-Buri-Ghan 2. Use of not only 3D, but smell-o-vision, plus the inclusion of axes coming out of the seats and poking the audience when appropriate 1. Not only keep the claim that Thorin & Co. ran amok in Mirkwood "molesting people", but depict said incident in vivid detail!!!!!

That rumour came from someone who had, supposedly, been an extra on set
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They apparently were on set for a scene between Thorin and Thranduil where he lays out the history of Orcrist, how it was used to slay Gothmog, the Lord of the Balrogs, and how he had ridden Smaug, also how Smaug's hunger for gold came from those days at the fall of Gondolin.

Just some goofy speculation blown out of proportion (except for Dain's boar, which is confirmed).

And yes, zombie anything is ridiculous indeed and doesn't belong in these movies. The others are at least kind of plausible (who knows what changes they'll make), but I'm not so sure they'd help the story. Actually I think it's likely Tauriel will die but I doubt Kili will be involved. ***BEGIN BOOK SPOILER***He and Fili must die, together, I think, and near to Thorin.***END BOOK SPOILER*** As for Tauriel, it's been speculated that her death will act as a motivating factor for Legolas ("It is our fight!"). DwalinBalinKiliFiliDoriNoriOriOinGloinBifurBofurBomburThorin

Orcs are mammals!

"Don't laugh at the Dwarves because they will mess you up." — Dean O'Gorman (Fili)

(not that bad since we've already had a giant moose and giant rabbits)

First off, it was not a giant moose: Alces alces. It was an Irish elk: Megaloceros giganteus — and one of normal size, too. They aren’t even cousins.

As for the lagomorphs, I’m not sure they were all that oversized. And I’m willing to bet that they were really hares, not rabbits.

…all eyes looked upon the ring; for he held it now aloft, and the green jewels gleamed there that the Noldor had devised in Valinor. For this ring was like to twin serpents, whose eyes were emeralds, and their heads met beneath a crown of golden flowers, that the one upheld and the other devoured; that was the badge of Finarﬁn and his house.

People, dogs, and horses were often killed or crippled hunting boar. They were known for impaling themselves on spears and running right up to the spear carrier to attack him. Eventually boar spears were built with crosspieces to stop them from going all the way through the boar. In medieval literature, the boar hunt is often used as a rite of passage from boyhood to manhood, often with lifelong scars for the young man. They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and His wonders in the deep.

the boar-riding baddies of the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess game. It works really well and doesn't look silly at all. In the game, if you knock the bad guys off, you can hop on and ride the boar yourself - if you can hang on. (They tend to run amok and stampede and crash through things, which is fun.) Silverlode

"Dark is the water of Kheled-zâram, and cold are the springs of Kibil-nâla, and fair were the many-pillared halls of Khazad-dûm in Elder Days before the fall of mighty kings beneath the stone."